On Wed, 17 Jul 2013, Chris H wrote:

The -p makes all the difference. But unlike:
mysql -u root add
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: 
NO)
The omission of the -p does _not_ provide an informative error, as mysql, and 
all
of it's other utilities _do_.
Please make references to this in both the mysql_upgrade(1) man(1) page && the

mysql is not part of the FreeBSD base system; it is an external piece of software that is made available through the FreeBSD Ports Collection.

install/upgrade message emitted at the end of the install/upgrade.
Additional reference: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=40884

The mysql_upgrade manual page is part of the upstream mysql distribution, and any changes to it must go through upstream.

The message displayed at the end of the install/upgrade is http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/databases/mysql55-server/pkg-message?revision=311815&view=markup ; you could contact the maintainer ([email protected]) via PR or directly to ask about changing that text.

I'm sorry that the forums sent you to a not-quite-correct location for getting your concerns addressed.

-Ben Kaduk
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